DIMEV 1816
IMEV 1130
NIMEV 1130
Having a conceit in my simple wit
John Lydgate, ‘De Profundis’ — twenty-one 8-line
stanzas (ababbcbc) including envoy
Author(s): John Lydgate
Subjects: scripture texts, commentary on; envoys
Versification: —
eight-line —
ababbcbc
Manuscript Witnesses:
1.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Laud misc. 683 (SC 798), ff. 8-11
v
First Lines:Hauyng a conseit in my sympill wyt
Wich of newe ys come to
memorye…
Last Lines:…maugre the malys of Infernal dirknessis
schal them conveie in
to thy regne of glorye
Note: Lacks stanzas 20-21.
Attributed Title: Here begynnyth Deprofundis in Englyssh (f. 8)
Editions: MacCracken, Henry Noble,
ed.
John Lydgate: The Minor Poems, Vol. I: Religious Poems.
EETS
e.s. 107 (1911; repr. 1961): 77-84 (with st. 20-21 from London, British Library Harley 2255).
2.Source: Cambridge UK, Jesus College Q.G.8 (56), ff. 58-60
v
First Lines:[H]auyng a conceyte in my symple wite
Which of newe is come to
mencion…
Last Lines:…With deprofundis whan þat it be sent
At his chirch to
hyng it on the wall
Note: 22 stanzas, including envoy.
3.Source: London, British Library Harley 2255, ff. 40-43
v
First Lines:HAvyng a conceyt in my symple wit
Which of newe is come to
memorye…
Last Lines:…With Deprofundis whan so that it be sent
At his chirche to
hang it on the wal
Attributed Author: Explicit quod lydgate (f. 43v)
Attributed Title: Deprofundis clamam ad te domine / domine exandi vocem meam (f. 40,
in rubric)
Editions: MacCracken, Henry Noble,
ed.
John Lydgate: The Minor Poems, Vol. I: Religious Poems.
EETS
e.s. 107 (1911; repr. 1961): 83-84 (st. 20-21 only; see
1816-1).